Editing 1912 in Ireland (section)

==Events==
* 8 February – The First Lord of the Admiralty [[Winston Churchill]] addressed a pro-[[Irish home rule movement|Home Rule]] meeting in [[Belfast]] despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. He shared the platform with [[John Redmond]], the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.  
* 31 March – John Redmond, [[Eoin MacNeill]], [[Patrick Pearse]], [[Tim Healy (politician)|Tim Healy]] and others addressed a [[Demonstration (political)|monster meeting]] of 200,000 people in favour of Home Rule at the [[General Post Office, Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 1912 Home Rule Bill - Lecture Transcript |url=http://ashbournehistoricalsociety.com/the-1912-home-rule-bill-lecture-transcript/ |website=Ashbourne Historical Society |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
* 9 April – 250,000 [[Orange Institution|Orangemen]] converged on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances would they accept Home Rule.
* 11 April – The [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[H. H. Asquith]] introduced the [[Government of Ireland Act 1914|Third Home Rule Bill]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].
* 12 April – A convention of [[Sinn Féin]] delegates led by [[Arthur Griffith]] opposed the Home Rule Bill.
* 14 April – The {{RMS|Titanic}}, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call at [[Cóbh|Queenstown]], collided with an iceberg and sank.
* 22 April – Englishman [[Denys Corbett Wilson]] completed the first aeroplane crossing of the [[Irish Sea]], from [[Goodwick]] in Wales to Crane near [[Enniscorthy]].
[[File:RMS Titanic 2.jpg|thumb|2 April – {{RMS|Titanic}} leaves Belfast for her sea trials.]]
* 26 April – English-born [[Vivian Hewitt]] made an aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea from [[Holyhead]] to the [[Phoenix Park]] in Dublin.
* 30 April – Winston Churchill moved the second reading of the Home Rule Bill at [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]].
* 9 May – The second reading of the Home Rule Bill was accepted in the [[British House of Commons]]. A [[Conservative Party (UK)|Unionist]] amendment rejecting the Bill was defeated.
* 10 May – At the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], [[Bonar Law]] spoke of Conservative opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere [[Edward Carson]] also voiced his opposition.
* 1 July – A serious outbreak of [[foot and mouth disease]] occurred in Counties [[County Dublin|Dublin]], [[County Meath|Meath]], [[County Kildare|Kildare]] and [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]].
* July – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[H. H. Asquith]] travelled to Dublin (the first ''sitting'' Prime Minister to do so in over a century; [[William Ewart Gladstone|Gladstone]] had visited Dublin in November 1877 whilst out of office, whilst [[Arthur Balfour]] had been [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]]) to make a speech, criticising Unionist demands.
* 17 July - "A hatchet (around which a text reading 'This symbol of the extinction of the Liberal Party for evermore' was wrapped) was thrown [by a [[suffragette]]] at {{bracket}}[[H. H. Asquith|Asquith]]'s] moving carriage as it passed over O’Connell Bridge", striking [[John Redmond]] on the arm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comeheretome.com/2013/01/18/severity-for-suffragettes-dublin-1912/|title=Severity for Suffragettes|author=Ciarán Murray|website=Come Here To Me!|date=18 January 2013|accessdate=14 March 2022}}</ref>
* 18 July – [[Suffragette]]s attempted an arson attack on the [[Theatre Royal, Dublin]], during Asquith's visit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/july-19th-1912-from-the-archives-1.623855|title=July 19th, 1912: From the archives|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=19 July 1912|accessdate=14 March 2022}}</ref>
* 27 July – [[Bonar Law]], leader of the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in opposition, made a defiant speech at a massive Unionist rally at [[Blenheim Palace]] against Home Rule, implying support for armed resistance to it in Ulster.
* 28 September – 'Ulster Day' – the [[Ulster Covenant]] to resist Home Rule was signed by almost 250,000 men throughout [[Ulster]]; 229,000 women signed a parallel declaration.
* 23 October – Large numbers of cattle were slaughtered in [[Mullingar]] due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
* The [[golden eagle]] became extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction).